People & Quotes – Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln”

Abraham Lincoln

“And in the end it is not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.”

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Photograph courtesy of WetCanvas and VMRS

“I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.”

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Photograph courtesy of Flickr and Gage Skidmore

“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”

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Photograph courtesy of Flickr and Gage Skidmore

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”